Hackney

   The forge…

Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.

Welder making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.

1942 June

1 transparency : color.

Notes:

Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.

Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:

Combustion Engineering Co.

World War, 1939-1945

Boiler industry

Welding

United States--Tennessee--Chattanooga

Format: Transparencies--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-35 (DLC) 93845501

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35229

Call Number: LC-USW36-12

Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.

Welder making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.

1942 June

1 transparency : color.

Notes:

Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.

Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:

Combustion Engineering Co.

World War, 1939-1945

Boiler industry

Welding

United States--Tennessee--Chattanooga

Format: Transparencies--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-35 (DLC) 93845501

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35231

Call Number: LC-USW36-14

This was my entry for the June 10x12 WPG challenge titled "Men at Work".

It was taken at my place of work and is a colleague welding in our workshop.

It was an enjoyable challenge for me, being as it was a light environment plus the brilliant light from the welding arc, so quite tricky with the different types of light.

My image was chosen in 3rd place so very pleased with my efforts!! 😊

This time there's no "backstory" folks, sorry. I was suffering from a strange case of Monday blues yesterday when this was taken.

You can see arc-welders like this fella here, welding sheet metal to broken down shanties all over Old Dhaka. Their naked eyed, electro-fusion skills can even put Tony Stark working in a run down cave in Afganistan to shame....and they know and high and well that molten metal,if exposed in proximity at over 4000°C can and will melt through their retinas. Bless their occupation :)

Looks swankier in large and black.

Worker Repair ship In the dockyard Keraniganj, Dhaka, Bangladesh

A masked man welds a broken axle... and almost sets fire to his own trousers in the process.

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A welder at work

Circa 1977. Automotive Engineering classmates work together to turbocharge the Wankel rotary engine in a Mazda RX-4 station wagon. One of our classmates was an experienced welder. Thus, when the need arose to tack weld a couple of parts into position in the engine compartment, he naturally got the call.

Strobist: One Canon 430EX II with full Plus Green gel on camera left, RF603II Yongnuo radio trigger. Taken with Canon T3i + EF 50mm f/1.8

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Since its early beginnings as the British Welding Research Association in 1946, TWI has been at the forefront of arc welding development. For instance, we developed carbon dioxide (CO2) shielding for MIG/MAG welding, making the process viable for welding carbon steel, and built the first solid-state power sources, paving the way for thyristor and inverter technology.

TWI has over half a century of experience in providing industry with engineering technical services, including:

High-productivity welding

Arc welding automation

Distortion control

Plasma arc welding

Underwater welding

Hybrid arc-laser welding

Oxy-fuel welding

Electroslag welding

Metal inert gas (MIG) welding

Manual metal arc (MMA) welding

Submerged arc welding

Tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding

Welding fume assessment

Health, safety and environmental testing

For more information www.twi.co.uk/technologies/welding-coating-and-material-p...

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Welding and joining technologies are fundamental to engineering and manufacturing. Without the ability to make strong and durable connections between materials it would be impossible to produce the many different items we all rely on in our everyday lives – from the very large (buildings, pipelines, trains and bridges) to the very small (medical implants and electronic devices).

TWI has its roots in welding and joining technology and over many years has been responsible for developing and encouraging the adoption of new techniques and best practice in all industry sectors, providing its Members with the right manufacturing choices first time.

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Flash welding is an electrical resistance based butt welding process used for joining components end-to-end across the full joint area. A range of section sizes and complex shapes can be joined (for example from bicycle wheel rims to railway rails). The parts to be joined are clamped and brought together slowly while a flashing voltage is applied. The process can be manual, but most welding machines are automatic or semi-automatic.

Where small contacts are made between the components, there is a high current density and the material resistance heats, melts and blows out of the joint in a shower of melted particles, giving the characteristic flashing action. This flashing progressively introduces heating and a softened zone at the component ends, while eliminating oxides and contaminants from the interface. After a pre-set 'burn-off' length of the parent material, a forge force is applied to the parts to consolidate the joint. This produces a forge butt weld with no melted metal remaining in the joint.

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An advert issued by Dorman Long, who built this bridge for LT, showing the first all-welded railway bridge constructed in the UK, in 1938 for the Underground. The bridge still stands, with the station entrances in the lefthand (west) abutements, and carries the Tube's Circle and Hammersmith & City lines. We've known about this bridge's claim to fame for some time and this year it was recognised by being Designated as one of the UK's Railway Heritage Features - perhaps it should be Listed given its importance! Dorman Long were one of the major manufacturer's and fabricators of iron and steel for construction - founded in 1875 in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, and still in existance, the company built some of the world's most famous bridges including the Sydney Harbour Bridge. This is perhaps more modest but technically as important!

Since its early beginnings as the British Welding Research Association in 1946, TWI has been at the forefront of arc welding development. For instance, we developed carbon dioxide (CO2) shielding for MIG/MAG welding, making the process viable for welding carbon steel, and built the first solid-state power sources, paving the way for thyristor and inverter technology.

For more information www.twi.co.uk/technologies/welding-coating-and-material-p...

If you wish to use this image each use should be accompanied by the credit line and notice, "Courtesy of TWI Ltd".

Since its beginnings as the British Welding Research Association in 1946, TWI has been at the forefront of arc welding development.

For more information please visit www.twi-global.com/capabilities/joining-technologies/arc-...

If you wish to use this image each use should be accompanied by the credit line and notice, "Courtesy of TWI Ltd".

Since its early beginnings as the British Welding Research Association in 1946, TWI has been at the forefront of arc welding development. For instance, we developed carbon dioxide (CO2) shielding for MIG/MAG welding, making the process viable for welding carbon steel, and built the first solid-state power sources, paving the way for thyristor and inverter technology.

For more information www.twi.co.uk/technologies/welding-coating-and-material-p...

If you wish to use this image each use should be accompanied by the credit line and notice, "Courtesy of TWI Ltd".

Since its early beginnings as the British Welding Research Association in 1946, TWI has been at the forefront of arc welding development. For instance, we developed carbon dioxide (CO2) shielding for MIG/MAG welding, making the process viable for welding carbon steel, and built the first solid-state power sources, paving the way for thyristor and inverter technology.

For more information www.twi.co.uk/technologies/welding-coating-and-material-p...

If you wish to use this image each use should be accompanied by the credit line and notice, "Courtesy of TWI Ltd".

Since its early beginnings as the British Welding Research Association in 1946, TWI has been at the forefront of arc welding development. For instance, we developed carbon dioxide (CO2) shielding for MIG/MAG welding, making the process viable for welding carbon steel, and built the first solid-state power sources, paving the way for thyristor and inverter technology.

For more information www.twi.co.uk/technologies/welding-coating-and-material-p...

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welder with improvised mask

Senior Airman Alison Kriener cuts through the base of an aircraft maintenance stand to equip it with a new safety gate. Kriener is an aircraft metals technician with the 2nd Maintenance Squadron Fabrication Flight at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

Welding and joining technologies are fundamental to engineering and manufacturing. Without the ability to make strong and durable connections between materials it would be impossible to produce the many different items we all rely on in our everyday lives – from the very large (buildings, pipelines, trains and bridges), to the very small (medical implants and electronic devices).

www.twi-global.com/what-we-do/research-and-technology/tec...

If you wish to use this image each use should be accompanied by the credit line and notice, "Courtesy of TWI Ltd".

Since its beginnings as the British Welding Research Association in 1946, TWI has been at the forefront of arc welding development.

For more information please visit www.twi-global.com/capabilities/joining-technologies/arc-...

If you wish to use this image each use should be accompanied by the credit line and notice, "Courtesy of TWI Ltd".

Since its early beginnings as the British Welding Research Association in 1946, TWI has been at the forefront of arc welding development. For instance, we developed carbon dioxide (CO2) shielding for MIG/MAG welding, making the process viable for welding carbon steel, and built the first solid-state power sources, paving the way for thyristor and inverter technology.

For more information www.twi.co.uk/technologies/welding-coating-and-material-p...

If you wish to use this image each use should be accompanied by the credit line and notice, "Courtesy of TWI Ltd".

Since its early beginnings as the British Welding Research Association in 1946, TWI has been at the forefront of arc welding development. For instance, we developed carbon dioxide (CO2) shielding for MIG/MAG welding, making the process viable for welding carbon steel, and built the first solid-state power sources, paving the way for thyristor and inverter technology.

For more information www.twi.co.uk/technologies/welding-coating-and-material-p...

If you wish to use this image each use should be accompanied by the credit line and notice, "Courtesy of TWI Ltd".

Since its early beginnings as the British Welding Research Association in 1946, TWI has been at the forefront of arc welding development. For instance, we developed carbon dioxide (CO2) shielding for MIG/MAG welding, making the process viable for welding carbon steel, and built the first solid-state power sources, paving the way for thyristor and inverter technology.

For more information www.twi.co.uk/technologies/welding-coating-and-material-p...

If you wish to use this image each use should be accompanied by the credit line and notice, "Courtesy of TWI Ltd".

Since its beginnings as the British Welding Research Association in 1946, TWI has been at the forefront of arc welding development.

For more information please visit www.twi-global.com/capabilities/joining-technologies/arc-...

If you wish to use this image each use should be accompanied by the credit line and notice, "Courtesy of TWI Ltd".

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Worker doing arc welding on lathe machine tool, in metal workshop.

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Welder doing arc welding in his workshop.

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Since its early beginnings as the British Welding Research Association in 1946, TWI has been at the forefront of arc welding development. For instance, we developed carbon dioxide (CO2) shielding for MIG/MAG welding, making the process viable for welding carbon steel, and built the first solid-state power sources, paving the way for thyristor and inverter technology.

For more information www.twi.co.uk/technologies/welding-coating-and-material-p...

If you wish to use this image each use should be accompanied by the credit line and notice, "Courtesy of TWI Ltd".

Since its early beginnings as the British Welding Research Association in 1946, TWI has been at the forefront of arc welding development. For instance, we developed carbon dioxide (CO2) shielding for MIG/MAG welding, making the process viable for welding carbon steel, and built the first solid-state power sources, paving the way for thyristor and inverter technology.

For more information www.twi.co.uk/technologies/welding-coating-and-material-p...

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Senior Airman Alison Kriener design, welds, heat treats, fabricates, and machines precision tools, components, and assemblies for aerospace weapon systems and related support equipment. Kriener is an aircraft metals technician assigned to the 2nd Maintenance Squadron Fabrication Flight at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

Since its early beginnings as the British Welding Research Association in 1946, TWI has been at the forefront of arc welding development. For instance, we developed carbon dioxide (CO2) shielding for MIG/MAG welding, making the process viable for welding carbon steel, and built the first solid-state power sources, paving the way for thyristor and inverter technology.

For more information www.twi.co.uk/technologies/welding-coating-and-material-p...

If you wish to use this image each use should be accompanied by the credit line and notice, "Courtesy of TWI Ltd".

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Welder repairing a broken shock on my motorbike, in Sikkim (India)

The ring at the top of my right shock broke (that's where the top of the shock gets attached to the bracket on the frame). You can see the shock with the broken ring on this photo.

I was lucky to find a welder in the closest village. His shop was closed and he was home on a day off, but he opened it for me.

Of course he did not have a replacement shock that would fit, but in a pile of mechanical junk, he found an old broken shock from a minibus that had a ring about the same size. He managed to cut it off and arc-weld it to my shock. See also this photo.

Then he had to do some work on the frame bracket since the new ring was slightly larger than the original and would not fit.

After 4 hours of work, my motorbike was fixed. This guy did an excellent job, as the repaired shock never broke again. And this guy charged by the regular price for the work, about $3. I am so grateful. Indian mechanics and welders are so resourceful!

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Since its early beginnings as the British Welding Research Association in 1946, TWI has been at the forefront of arc welding development. For instance, we developed carbon dioxide (CO2) shielding for MIG/MAG welding, making the process viable for welding carbon steel, and built the first solid-state power sources, paving the way for thyristor and inverter technology.

For more information www.twi.co.uk/technologies/welding-coating-and-material-p...

If you wish to use this image each use should be accompanied by the credit line and notice, "Courtesy of TWI Ltd".